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New injury data from CPSC on tip-overs and nursery products
Posted on December 13, 2012Lots of injury statistics coming out of the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) this week. First, be sure and check out their new infographic. (PDF) A child died every two weeks in 2011 from furniture, TV and appliance tip-overs. … Read More
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How do we make sure children’s products are safe?
Posted on April 19, 2012Prior to the passage of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) of 2008, there was no requirement that children’s products be tested for safety before they were sold. While a very few mandatory standards existed at CPSC and there… Read More
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Proposal before House Committee will gut the Danny Keysar Act and leave children vulnerable
Posted on April 2, 2011In 2008, parents of children injured or killed by unsafe juvenile products rejoiced when the Danny Keysar Child Product Safety Notification Act was included in the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act and signed into law. This portion of the CPSIA… Read More
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Next week: ASTM standards committee meetings on juvenile products
Posted on November 5, 2010Next week for five days, manufacturers, testing labs, regulators and a few consumer advocates will meet in suburban Philadelphia to discuss standards for juvenile products — cribs, strollers, high chairs and many others. This is the twice-annual meeting of the… Read More